Rail-fastening device.



W. P. DAY.

RAIL FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man APR. 3, 1916.

1,205,597. Patentd Nov. 21, 1916.

anvewtoz a WmufiM P DRY WILLIAM PATRICK DAY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 3, 1916. Serial No. 88,660.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyaho-ga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasten.

ing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in rail fastening devices, and is designed particularly for use in connection with a substructure or foundation for railroad crossings that forms the subject-matter of a co-pending application, executed of even date herewith, although the invention is not limited to this use, but is applicable for fastening in place crossings and rails generally, in connection with metallic ties or similar structures.

The invention has for its primary object a simple, durable and efficient construction of rail fastening device, the parts of which may be very easily stamped and struck out of standard stock, very readily assembled in operative position, providing means whereby the crossing arms or rails will be very rigidly secured in place, and not liable to become loose from the severe pounding and vibrations that are incidental to the present day trafiic. And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this character so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter more fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a railroad crossing having fastening devices embodying the improvements of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, the section being taken substantially on the line 22.of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the two main parts of the fastening shown detached and in juxtaposition to each other.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

As hereinbefore stated, these improved fastening devices of the present invention are designed particularly for use in connection with my improved substructure or foundation for railroad crossings, the same embodying box-like members A preferably formed of steel and filled with wooden blocks, as indicated in Fig. 2, and designed to support the crossing B. These members A comprise preferably steel upper plates 1 and corresponding lower plates 2, and intermediate longitudinally extending channel beams.3 that are disposed with their upper and lower flanges pointing outward and riveted, as at 4, to the top and bottom plates 1 and 2 respectively.

The fastenings comprise plates 5 formed of steel and'riveted to the top plates 1 of the foundation or substructure, said plates being arranged 1n pairs, as shown, and being formed at thelr inner ends wlth up turned flanges 6 between which the crossing or other rails 7 are received, the flanges 6 abutting'against the side edges of the base flanges of the rails or crossing arms, and securely holding the same from any sidewise movement.

The flanges 6 are formed with openings 8 that are rectangular in the present embodiment of the invention, as best illustrated in Fig. 3, and through these openings clamping bars 9 are adapted to extend, the inner ends of said clamping bars being inclined upwardly and inwardly, as indicated at 9, so as to snugly fit over the adjoining base flange. The outer ends of the clamping bars 9 are apertured, as shown, to receive bolts 10. These bolts pass downwardly through the top plate 1 of the subjacent sleeper or foundation member and may also pass through the plates 5 or lie outside of said plates and pass through the uppermost flanges of the channel beams 8, as clearly illustrated.

The crossing, for example, is constantly vibrating under traffic and the uplift on the fastening which is thereby caused is transferred from the clips or clamping bars 9 into the plates 5 and then through the rivets in said plates into the foundation itself. The bolts 10 that extend through the outer ends of the fastenings merely keep the clips or clamping bars 9 from shaking out of position and do not take any of the strain. Preferably the nuts on these bolts are secured with lock washers and these fastenings cannot loosen unless the rivets fastening Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

the plates 5 to the foundation should break, and they are capable of withstanding or sustaining many times the strains and weight that are exerted or imposed upon them.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable and eiiicient construction of fastening device which will not be liable to get out of order, while at the same time the parts may be very cheaply manufactured and readily assembled and disassembled for attachment and detachment of the rails or crossing arms.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A fastening of the character described, comprising a plate provided with an upstanding flange designed to abut against the base flange 01": a rail or crossing arm, said flange having an opening formed therein below its upper edge, a clamping bar receivable snugly in said opening and adapted to extend inwardly therethrough, the inner end Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

of said bar being inclined upwardly and inwardly for engagement over the base flange of the rail or crossing arm, and a bolt passing downwardly through the outer end of said bar, and arranged for attachment to a foundation.

2. In a construction of the character de-' scribed, the combination with a foundation embodying a supporting plate for a rail or crossing arm, plates riveted to said foundation and provided with upstanding flanges adapted to abut against opposite sides of the WILLIAM PATRICK DAY.

Witnesses:

LYMAN C. SHANK, THOMAS J. CLIFFORD.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

